Do Not Expect Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJAKLMNOPQ RST| Do not expect that if your book falls open | A |
| to a certain page that any phrase | B |
| you read will make a difference today | C |
| or that the voices you might overhear | D |
| when the wind moves through the yellow green | E |
| and golden tent of autumn speak to you | F |
| - | |
| Things ripen or go dry Light plays on the | G |
| dark surface of the lake Each afternoon | H |
| your shadow walks beside you on the wall | I |
| and the days stay long and heavy underneath | J |
| the distant rumor of the harvest One | A |
| more summer gone | K |
| and one way or another you survive | L |
| dull or regretful never learning that | M |
| nothing is hidden in the obvious | N |
| changes of the world that even the dim | O |
| reflection of the sun on tall dry grass | P |
| is more than you will ever understand | Q |
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| And only briefly then | R |
| you touch you see you press against | S |
| the surface of impenetrable things | T |
Dana Gioia
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